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ECLIPSE SERIES 13: KENJI MIZOGUCHI'S FALLEN WOMEN
complete 4-disc boxset
http://www.criterion.com/boxsets/571
http://www.amazon.com/Eclipse-13-Mizoguchis-Fallen-Sisters/dp/B001CW7ZTE/
http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/35063/kenji-mizoguchis-fallen-women-eclipse-series-13/
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews42/kenji_mizoguchis_fallen_women.htm
DVD Release Date: October 21, 2008
ABOUT THE BOXSET:
Over the course of a three-decade, more than eighty film career, master cineaste Kenji Mizoguchi (Ugetsu, Sansho the Bailiff) would return again and again to one abiding theme: the plight of women in Japanese society. In these four lacerating works of social consciousness -- two prewar (Osaka Elegy, Sisters of the Gion), two postwar (Women of the Night, Street of Shame) -- Mizoguchi introduces an array of compelling female protagonists, crushed or resilient, who are forced by their conditions and culture into compromising positions. With Mizoguchi's visual daring and eloquence, these films are as cinematically thrilling as they are politically rousing.
CONTENTS OF THE BOXSET:
4 feature films:
Osaka Elegy (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1936, 71 min.)
http://www.criterion.com/films/968
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028021/
Sisters of the Gion (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1936, 69 min.)
http://www.criterion.com/films/967
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027672/
Women of the Night (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1948, 74 min.)
http://www.criterion.com/films/969
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040980/
Street of Shame (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1956, 85 min.)
http://www.criterion.com/films/970
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048933/
Format: NTSC
DVD Size: 3.96 + 4.07 + 4.14 + 4.00GB - Exact Untouched Copy
Time (total): 299 minutes
Type: Black and White
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Sound (main features): Japanese
Subtitles: optional English
DISC DETAILS
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DISC ONE
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OSAKA ELEGY
http://www.criterion.com/films/968
1936, 71 min.
Black and White
1.33:1
Japanese
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DISC TWO
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SISTERS OF THE GION
http://www.criterion.com/films/967
1936, 89 min.
Black and White
1.33:1
Japanese
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DISC THREE
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STREET OF SHAME
http://www.criterion.com/films/970
1956, 85 min.
Black and White
1.33:1
Japanese
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DISC FOUR
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WOMEN OF THE NIGHT
http://www.criterion.com/films/969
1948, 74 min.
After World War II, Mizoguchi was inspired by Italian neorealism to make one of the most emotionally and visually raw films of his career. Filmed on location in Osaka, Women of the Night concerns two sisters -- Fusako, a war widow, and Natsuko, having an affair with a narcotics smuggler -- who along with their younger friend Kumiko descend into prostitution and moral chaos amid the postwar devastation surrounding them.
Black and White
1.33:1
Japanese
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